Calcutta HC mulling committee to sell property owned by ponzi companies

Such committee comprising experts in the field would be able to act fast and thus help depositors get their money back

The Calcutta High Court today said it was contemplating formation of a committee for selling properties owned by chit fund companies so as to pay back investors, while hearing cases related to such companies by investors seeking return of their deposits.

A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice Joymalyo Bagchi, said that it was thinking of forming a committee to take over, sell the properties and pay back depositors.

The bench said that such a committee comprising experts in the field would be able to act fast and thus help depositors get their money back.

Appearing for the depositors of several ponzi fund companies, including those of MPS Group and Tower Group, senior counsel Bikash Bhattacharya submitted that formation of such committee would auger well for the depositors. These cases do not include those of Saradha Group or Rose Valley Group.

No decision was, however, taken in this regard. The matter would come up for hearing again on August 28.

West Bengal government had formed a one-man commission of Justice (retd) Shyamal Sen to pay back investors by seizing and selling ponzi company-owned properties and also formed a corpus in this regard.